Ventilated boot or shoe



No. 607,289. Patented July 12, |898. P. sTAYEnT.

VENTILATED BOUT 0R`SHOE.

(Application ala Mm. 2o, 1891.)

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VENTILATED B001' 0R SHE.

cation filed Mar. 20 1897.

Patented July I2, |898.

Nrrnn TATES ATENT innena PETER STAYERT, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

VENTILATED BOOT OR SHOE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 607,289, dated July 12,1898. Application flied March 2o, 1897. ySerial NOGZSASL No model.)

at Pittsburg, in the county of Allegheny and.

State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Ventilatedy Boots or Shoes, of which the following is a"specilcation, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relatesV to certain new and useful improvements in bootsand shoes, and has for its object to provide Ynovel and efficient meansfor Ventilating the shoe and also to provide simple means for closingthe ventilation-port, so as to elfeetually exclude the water from.entering the same during damp weather.

The invention aims to provide this novel ventilation means, which may bereadily applied to either a boot or shoe and that will be entirelyhidden from view, so as not to change the appearance in any manner ofthe ordinary boot and shoe.

The invention further resides in the simplicity of construction,strength, durability, effectiveness, and comparative small cost ofmanufacture.

\Vith the above and other ob jects in View the invention finally7consists in the novel construction, combination, and arrangement ofparts to be hereinafter more specifically described, and particularlypointed out in the claim.

In describing. the invention in detail reference is had to theaccompanying drawings, forming a part of thisrv specification, andwherein like letters of reference indicate similar parts throughout theseveral views, in which- Figure l is a longitudinal sectional view ofthe shoe, showing my improved Ventilating means applied thereto. Fig.2is a plan View of the top insole. Fig. 3 is a similar view of theunderneath insole. Fig. 4 is a longitudinal sectional view of a doublesleeve arranged in the heel to admit the air, and Fig. 5 is a sideelevation of the same. Fig. G is a perspective View of a boot or shoeheel broken away to show the sleeve in position, Fig. 7 isaperspectiveView of the heel partly broken away with the sleeve removed. Fig. 'S isa `perspective view of the outer sleeve, showing the inner sleeve inposition. Fig. 9 is a per spective View of the inner sleeve. Fig. 10 isa longitudinal sectional view of the heel and sleeves, showing theposition of the spanner in fullv lines when the openings register andthe position of the same in dotted lines when the openings are closed.

Referring now tothe drawings by reference-letters, a indicatestheintermediate sole, which is" of course shaped to conform to the shoe andrests upon the sole proper, i). This intermediate sole is provided witha slot c, extending longitudinally therewith and terminating at one endin an opening d, which is preferablyarranged aboutcentrally of thatportion of the sole that rests over the heel.

' At its other end this slot c divides into two branches e, which arepreferably arranged in a diamond or elliptical form, as shown by thedrawings.

The insole fis provided with a series of apertures or openings g, whichare so arranged as to register with the slots c and e.

In the upper and forward part of the heel 7L is provided a recess 7d,which is adapted to receive a sleeve it, fitting neatly therein andextending in alinement with the shoe. This sleeve is provided at itsrear end with a projection l, adapted to receive a screw or pin m forsecuring the same rmly tothe heel portion of the sole l). This sleeve7l; is also provided with an aperture a, which registers with anaperture o in the said heel portion of the sole b and with the apertured of the intermediate sole Ct. ithin the sleeve 7s and fitting neatlytherein is an auxiliary sleeve p,

which has formed integral with its inner end a button q, adapted toengage in and operate within a recess q', formed in the heel it at therear of the recess it', said button serving to hold theauxiliarysleeve'p within the sleeve lt by reason of its engaging the end of saidsleeve it'. This auxiliary sleeve p is likewise provided with anaperture or opening r,which registers with the opening'n in the sleevelfl when it is desired to admit the air into vthe boot or shoe. Thesleeve p is also provided at its forward end with two notches orrecesses s, which are adapted to receive a spanner or other suitabledevice s for the purpose of operating the auxiliary sleeve p and turningthe same within the sleeve it' in a manner IOO to close the air-portinto the shoe by the moving of the auxiliary sleeve suiiieiently to hring the aperture r out of its registering position with the aperture n.This olosin g of the apertures eiieotually prevents any water frompassing into the shoe through the air-port.

It will also be noted that various changes may be made in the details ofconstruction without departing from the general spiritof my invention.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire t0secure by Letters Patent, is-

In a ventilated boot or shoe, an insole provided with apertures, anintermediate sole having slots registering with said apertures, a mainsleeve provided with an extension Z secured to the heel, said mainsleeve being provided With an aperture registering with an aperture inthe heel, an auxiliary sleeve provided With an aperture registering withthe aperture in the main sleeve, a button formed on the inner end of theauxiliary sleeve and engaging the end of the main sleeve and reeessesformed in the outer edge of the auxiliarysleeve to receive a key wherebythe same is turned, substantially as herein shown and described.

In testimony whereof I afx my signature in presence ot' two witnesses.

PETER S'IAYERT. Vitnesses:

A. M. WILSON, J. P. APPLEMAN,

